Many of you will know what the Circuit of Ireland Rally is from my pictorial and editorial coverage in here over the years, and indeed it is one of the world’s oldest and once toughest rallies around. Ran for years by the Ulster Automobile Club (UAC) it went from strength to strength and died off over the years, returning to full bloom in the last few years again.
If the word ‘Samba’ is derived from the Angolan term ‘semba’, which referred to an invitation to dance, then the Talbot Samba can be regarded as Talbot’s final dance…
Northern Ireland’s Prestigious 111 year old Cultra Hillclimb will this year be celebrating Pre-War MG’s with the theme of “Midget Gems” with organisers hoping to have an example of just about every road going M.G. ever made during that fabulous period, with up to six Pre-WW2 MG’s competing in the Ards & North Down Council Supported speed hill-climb competition.
Fancy doing a bit of rallying but think it’s out of reach? Well it might just be more affordable than you think. For almost two decades, Irish rallying has been renowned for having a large number of World Rally Cars competing at the sharp end of the sport. But you don’t need to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds to have a bit of fun.
It was a cold and damp morning on Saturday 20 February when Kirkistown Racing Circuit reverberated to the noise of cars. Cars that covered a vast array within the automotive spectrum and many of which were driven to and from the competition as they are nothing more than someone’s daily commuter vehicle…